JOURNALI think my grandma is coming today. I lover he so much. I hope she knows that. I think she can help me. I hope she does. She is wonderful. I love her.

On Competency in integrationI can read a book but can't play soccer. I can spell for teacher but not for mom.I have no problem with understanding what I read. (I hope others read my blog.) I can't follow the directions though. this is the direction things need to go.

Note on learning RPMI am thankful you want to help me. I think you need to know somethings. No one easily does this. It takes practice and study. It doesn't come easily. I think you need to read Soma's books a lot. I have confidence you can do this, but it takes work.Please help me so I can communicate with you.

More on mental mapping:Step 3 affect- I THINK I STRUGGLE WITH THAT TOO. IN NEW ENVIRONMENTS I STRUGGLE WITH FEELING SAFE. I EVEN STRUGGLE TO HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN FAMILIAR PLACES.Step 4 Goals and Values- I THINK IT IS HARD TO HAVE THE RIGHT GOALS AND VALUES. I HOPE I NEVER GET GOING ON ANYTHING UNTIL I GET INSTRUCTION.

CIVIL RIGHTSSUSAN B ANTHONYI think she was crazy because she had to be arrested for noting. She was right that women should vote.ELEANOR ROOSEVELTShe was the best. She was teaching care.MARY BETHUMEShe was not mean person. I love she spoke for black but was kind.JACKIE ROBINSONHe was good at baseball. He helped the blacks get in sports.ROSA PARKSRosa Parks was not cool to the bus driver, but she was to the blacks. She was not my favorite but she did wonderful things. CESAR CHAVEZHe also was a great man peace is the way to go.CIVIL RIGHT- DISABILITIESPeace is how to fight. many times I have to fight peacefully. I can't have good in the world if I fight meanly. I fought to have a good attitude sometimes. I think we need to write to congress. I think we need to start a petition. i have an idea. How about you and I write letters to congress and have others too. Post this on my blog and then let's write a petition together. I think we all should contribute. I think we need to have a meting on the web. I think we should write it and then have them sign it.

LETTER TO GOVERNMENT LEADERSI am Cindi. I am Autistic. I need your help. I am being treated poorly by schools. I have a wonderful teacher who understands me but we are doing homeschool because the school district is not letting us use RPM. (RPM is a way I am educated adn learn to communicate. I can't talk so I spell).I get nervous when i am watched so they (the district) were not convinced I think.I need RPM and so do others with disabilities. We have a right to communicate and be educated. I am not stupid and neither were my classmates.I hope I have a better experience in the future. I believe in peaceful fighting so I will not bomb places to get RPM, but I will fight for ti. Please help- Thank you!Sincerely,Cindi

AUTISM BOOKDo you have a problem with expectancy? (see chapter 8- Understanding Autism through Rapid Prompting Method- pg 72)I think so because I can't spell for everyone. i need a person trained well to spell for. I need s good teacher like Lenae.INVENTION- FOODName: HOT EILAbout hot eil: THE HOT EIL IS MADE FROM HOT WATER AND GOOD MEAT. FIRST I MAKE BOILING WATER AND THE MEAT. NEXT EAT ON A STICK.

JOURNALToday I am anxious because I can't help (my friend). He is hurt and I can't help him. I hope he gets better soon.

HISTORICAL FICTION- IMMIGRANTSI am Balily. I am from Germany. My parents had me learn to cook in a new land. I came to the United States to cook for money.On my way over I had a hard time on the ship. I think hard is the wrong word. It was awful! We were crowded and starving. I got a disease and threw-up.My mom died and younger brother.When we got here I saw the Statue of Liberty. "I hope we have freedom here," I thought.Ellis Island was crazy. I can't stand crazy. At first I was mad I had to leave my home. Now I am happy because I have no friends who are mean.

WORD ASSOCIATIONS AND FEELINGS ABOUT "THE OXBOW"I think landscape, river, tress, mountains, hope, memory of happiness, God is real, and my home is nice.

JOURNALI THINK MY MOM IS MAKING ME SLEEP LONGER SO I CAN LEARN MORE, BUT IT IS NOT WORKING. I THINK MY MOM IS TRYING TO HARD TO HELP ME. MOM IS THE BEST!

WHAT IF THE SOUTH HAD WON?If the South had won, there would still be slaves. In fact the South would not be part of the United States- so there would be slaves but not in the United States.In fact the country would be totally different. In the end, who knows what would have happened.

CHAPTER 8 ("UNDERSTANDING AUTISM THROUGH RAPID PROMPTING METHOD)T: When you go into an environment what senses do you think you usually use and where is your focus?C: I notice the lights. I see and hear them. I hear all the noise of the quiet. I see the people and hide. I need a corner. The corner keeps me safe. I need to do that before I talk with people.If I know the environment well I don't have to go to the corner. I think I do it because I am nervous and it helps me feel hugged.One day I felt nervous because the class was not under control of Lenae. It seemed no one was aware of me. I found out Lenae was suspended. In the end I only wanted to be in the corner to be safe.T: When you hear all the noise are you able to pick out distinct sounds or does it all blend together?C: It all blendeds togetherT: What do you think you are when you enter an environment (vision/auditory-global, selective, or generalized)?C: When I first enter I am in selective vision and auditory mode. I then switch to a global auditory and generalized vision. I see everything. I just want the corner.

Teacher: What do you want to learn about?Cindi: Research normal verse Autistic people (read Chapter 7 of Soma's book)Cindi: Having Autism I can help myself learn to read and understand Autism better by reading Soma's books. Help my experience by commenting on yours.(I have no request to any particular person just want to learn from you.)

JOURNALI hope I have no sickness in my family any more. I have a cough. Getting sick is not fun. I never want that again. i hate being sick because I don't get help in spelling. I miss my teacher. I love her.

On Chapter 6 of "UNDERSTANDING AUTISM THROUGH RAPID PROMPTING METHOD"Sam is a mystery. He can't do things that normal people can do. My problems are similar.

HISTORICAL FICTIONOnce upon a time there was a slave. It was sad. In the end he was freed by Harriet Tubman.

JOURNAL My Lenae is not going to have you over for dinner. She lives too far way. I think she is my favorite teacher ever.(laughing all the while she wrote the following)

I know she likes family and friends. she is getting to old to marry. In the end she will marry in the next life.

SUMMARY (Chapter 2- Understanding Autism Through Rapid Prompting Method- Soma Mukhopadhyay)In this chapter "my world" is explained. In this chapter we learn that the person with Autism is not "in their own world." (The person with Autism is never going to have their own world until they have the most fun in ours) The person with autism is going to have a hard time making it in this world unless we see our world as their world.

AUTISM BOOKIN the world of autism we learn in different ways. The thing is we might not act like it. We need a lot of prompts to stay focused. In the world of autism we have no choice but to have the world choose what happens to us. This is hard. The fact is we are controlled by environment.